[Analytics] Beijing, Moscow upgrade security ties
In the latest sign of Beijing’s and Moscow’s expanding strategic partnership, Russia is assisting China…
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The United States is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is the largest economy in the world and home to 323 million people. When the forum began in 1989, the real GDP of the United States was USD 8.8 trillion, which went up to 16.9 trillion in 2016. Its real per capita GDP also rose from 36,000 in 1989 to 52,000 in 2016.
[Analytics] Kratom: The ‘herbal heroin’ from Indonesia that has US drug agencies worried
To American and Indonesian narcotics agencies, kratom is a mind-altering drug on a par with…
[Analytics] How to deliver future of Southeast Asia’s electric vehicles
If there is a region that could use a mobility revolution, it is Southeast Asia….
New Zealand govt commits massive $60 million for PNG rural electrification
PORT MORESBY, Oct 5, 2019, NBC News/PNG Today. The New Zealand government has committed a…
U.S. will talk to N. Korea soon: Trump
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 4, 2019, Yonhap. U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United…
US plans tariffs on $7.5B of EU goods
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 4, 2019, Xinhua, China Daily. The United States plans to impose tariffs…
Pakistan hosts Taliban-US peace talks
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD, Oct 3, 2019, Pakistan Today. A delegation of Afghan Taliban was due in Islamabad…
US official promises to crack down on Russian meddling in response to Putin’s joke
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 3, 2019, TASS. The US has all instruments to counter Russia’s potential…
Diplomatic switches from Taipei to Beijing continues in Pacific
TARAWA, Oct 3, 2019, Hawai’i Public Radio. Last month, two Pacific island nations switched diplomatic…
Putin at the Russian Energy Week in Moscow praised Trump’s economic policies, but not dollar
MOSCOW, Oct 2, 2019, CNBC, Pan Pacific Agency. Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised President…
N. Korea, U.S. agree to resume nuke talks on Oct. 5
SEOUL, Oct 2, 2019, Yonhap. North Korea and the United States agreed to resume their…
India defends right to buy Russian arms on US trip
NEW DELHI, Oct 1, 2019, AFP. India’s foreign minister on Monday defended his country’s right…